The Anarchist in the Library How the Clash Between Freedom and Control Is Hacking the Real World and Crashing the System,9780465089857

The Anarchist in the Library How the Clash Between Freedom and Control Is Hacking the Real World and Crashing the System

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ISBN13: 9780465089857
ISBN10: 0465089852
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2005-05-11
Publisher(s): Basic Books
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Summary

The Anarchist in the Libraryis the first guide to one of the most important cultural and economic battlegrounds of our increasingly plugged-in world. Siva Vaidhyanathan draws the struggle for information that will determine much of the culture and politics of the twenty-first century: anarchy or oligarchy, total freedom vs. complete control. His acclaimed book explores topics from unauthorized fan edits ofStar Warsto terrorist organizations' reliance on "leaderless resistance," from Napster to Total Information Awareness to flash mobs.

Author Biography

Siva Vaidhyanathan, a cultural historian and media scholar, is Director of Communication Studies and an Associate Professor in the Department of Culture and Communication at New York University. His research has been profiled on National Public Radio, CNN, International Herald-Tribune Television, and Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting. He lives in New York City.

Table of Contents

Introduction ix
1 Public Noises
1(14)
2 The Ideology of Peer-to-Peer
15(10)
3 Hacking the Currency
25(16)
4 The Peer-to-Peer Revolution and the Future of Music
41(24)
5 A Work in Progress or the Final Edit?
65(16)
6 Imagineering
81(16)
7 Culture as Anarchy
97(18)
8 The Perfect Library
115(16)
9 The Anarchy and Oligarchy of Science and Math
131(20)
10 The Nation-State Versus Networks 151(16)
11 The Empire Strikes Back 167(18)
12 Conclusion 185(8)
The Heartbreak of Oligarchy and Anarchy
Acknowledgments 193(4)
Notes 197(24)
Bibliography 221(24)
Index 245

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